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TORONTO — Shares of Canadian miner Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO) soared in trading Monday after a rival uranium producer announced plans to cut production. Kazakhstan’s state-owned Kazatomprom announced it plans to reduce uranium production by 20 per cent for three years, starting in January. Kazakhstan is one of the world’s largest uranium producers. Shares of Saskatoon-based […]

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There were no injuries or measurable environment impact when a small propane explosion took place at Cameco’s Key Lake mill, the company said Friday. According to Cameco, the start-up of the acid plant’s sulphur furnace was being initiated when the explosion occurred. “The facility safety systems functioned as designed,” the company said in a statement. […]

A Saskatoon diamond exploration and development company’s annual meeting next month is shaping up to be another showdown between management and a group of concerned shareholders who want to shake up its board of directors. Shore Gold Inc., which has spent the last two decades working to build a diamond mine east of Prince Albert, […]

Claude Resources Inc.’s net earnings totalled $5.7 million, or $0.03 per share, in the third quarter, a 17 per cent decrease compared to the same period last year, the Saskatoon-based gold mining company reported Thursday.

K+S AG, the German potash supplier, is likely to reject a takeover offer from Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. because it deems the bid to be too low, according to people familiar with the matter.

To call Saskatchewan a major player in the global mining industry is a bit like saying Sidney Crosby is a good hockey player. Saskatchewan is a mining superstar. It’s the world’s leading producer and exporter of potash

Pamela Schwann, executive director of the Saskatchewan Mining Association, answered a few questions from Paul Sinkewicz during the seventh annual Mining Supply Chain Forum held April 14 and 15 in Saskatoon.

Speaking at a mid-April gathering of suppliers to the Saskatchewan mining industry, Bill Boyd, Minister of the Economy, predicted a bright future ahead and hinted a major announcement was in the offing.

Canpotex, the offshore marketing arm of three Saskatchewan potash producers, signed separate multi-year sales agreements in India with Coromandel International Ltd. (CIL) and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) that the province says will see millions of tonnes of potash shipped to India.

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